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It's best to watch with the naked eye, so just walk outside at the right time and look west; it's that easy to enjoy these passes.

By Thursday evening, the Hubble Space Telescope will appear in the west at 6:38 p.m. And just like the other passes, this one will arc nearly overhead and then fade from sight in the east at 6:45 p.m.

By Friday, watching a Hubble pass will seem redundant; you can just look up at 6:18 p.m. and catch it flying overhead.

This marathon of flyovers continues through the weekend. You can use a variety of online sources or astronomy apps to find more passes.

A favorite and easy to use site for finding times for some of the brighter satellites in the night sky can be found at spaceweather.com. Just go to the site, then click on “Flybys” in the red bar across the top of the page.

This will take you to another page where you simply input your ZIP code and the link will show bright passes for the next eight days. It's that simple!

Friday evening brings us a nice view of the crescent moon near Mars in the west after sunset. The moon will be at Mars' upper right

The annual Leonid meteor shower begins this weekend, and the moon will not interfere as it has in the past. The best time to watch for meteors is during the pre-dawn hours of Saturday; look toward the east with the naked eye.

You may catch a few early meteors earlier in the week so be alert. You might just get lucky and see a “falling star.”

Estimates of 15 to 20 meteors per hour may not persuade many to leave their warm, comfy beds, but as the saying goes, “If you snooze, you lose.”

Good luck!

Email Becky Ramotowski at skywatch@beckster.cotse.net.

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South Texas Stargazing

The San Antonio Astronomical Association invites you to participate in all of its public astronomy events. They're free, and you can view the calendar at www.sanantonioastronomy.org.